DISCLAIMER: I do not, have not, will not ever own Twilight.
The entire family had packed up their belongings from various locations and met up in a small town called Crowley Heights in British Columbia. It was similar to Forks with its rainy weather and small town feel. Esme and Carlisle had had their eye on a house there for months now and Esme had been thrilled at having a new decorating project. The house was beautiful. It was a three-story, stone house with blue shutters and a big, old porch that wrapped right around the outside. The surrounding forest made it seem like the house was in its own little world. The garden was splendid with pink roses and ivy climbing up the sides of it.
Alice had already seen the room that she would pick and raced up the stairs with Jasper in tow to get there first. Rosalie and Emmett had taken the large room in the west wing of the house while Carlisle and Esme took the room on the opposite side, right next to Carlisle's new study. Edward walked up the two flights of stairs to the third floor loft that was to be his room. It had always been a habit for the family to leave the third floor to Edward. It was sometimes his means of escape from the rest of the family.
With a stroke of luck, Alice who had been enthralled with the fact that the family was together again had convinced the rest of her family to go to school again. She hadn't thought that Edward would agree to it but surprisingly he had jumped at the idea. Alice supposed that any distractions like school could help him. Tomorrow school would start and the family would try to fall into the pattern that had once become so easy for them. Carlisle had gotten a job at the local hospital and the house was starting to come together. Within a few days Esme would already be finished decorating it and be looking for her next project.
That night the family went hunting. Edward took off on his own, tearing through the brush with ease, not even noticing the brambles that were slightly ripping his pants. He was on the trail of a mountain lion. He hadn't had one in a long time. The animal life in South America had been quite different then mountain lions and grizzly bears. He stealthily stalked the cat, matching its pace and soon he attacked. As he drank the blood hungrily and disposed of the carcass, a new smell wafted his way. There were other vampires in the area. Finding the scent, he realized it was a few days old. The other vampires were probably just passing through. Leaving the forest he wondered who they were and if they would pose a threat to the Cullen clan.
Alice was excited the next morning. School was a needed distraction for everyone and if they were wanting to appear normal it was also a necessity. It seemed all too familiar as the family walked into the office to get their schedules. The secretary, a middle aged woman with short hair, was dazzled at the sight of them and Edward rolled his eyes at her typical practically incoherent thoughts. After comparing schedules Alice and Edward realized that they had only two classes together. Rosalie and Emmett were still comparing their schedules to Jaspers as the warning bell rang.
Alice chimed, "We'll all meet outside the cafeteria building before lunch okay?"
"See you soon," Jasper said as he kissed his wife's cheek before speeding off to his history class.
Edward and Alice headed off to homeroom and Emmett and Rosalie took off in the other direction. Finding a seat near the back of the classroom Edward soon realized that the girls at this school were going to be extremely intolerable. A giggling group walked past him and he cringed at their thoughts. Alice shot them a chilling look and the giggling stopped.
Suffering through his first classes of the day, Edward couldn't wait for lunch. He sorely needed a break from everyone. As he hurried to the doors of the cafeteria he saw that his family wasn't there yet. Sitting at one of the empty picnic tables he waited rather impatiently for the brood to arrive. He couldn't imagine what was taking them so long. He searched for their thoughts and realized that they were on their way over. They were all talking to a group of people. Edward's eyes widened as he realized there was a whole other group of vegetarian vampires at the school.
He heard someone approaching the cafeteria and his gaze snapped up to meet hers. Edward's face formed a mask of shock. She had mahogany hair that hung down her back and a small, heart shaped face. Her eyes were topaz but they held an overwhelming depth in them. He didn't even realize he had stood up. The only thought racing through his mind was that his Bella had come back to him. She looked exactly as he had imagined her to look as a vampire. He didn't even register the mild confusion and surprise in her eyes as he moved forward and pulled her into a kiss.
He poured out all of his angst into that kiss barely realizing that the girl he was holding had frozen in his arms and was not responding to him. He kissed her harder and something in the girl changed. She pushed against him, trying to free herself. He however had convinced himself that she was finally responding to him.
As he kissed her he barely comprehended the faint yell from across the quad, "Get the hell away from my wife!?"
Another vampire raced across the quad and smacked into Edward, forcing him down onto the ground. The girl was flung backwards and landed with a thud. Edward stared up into the face of his attacker. He was livid. If looks could kill Edward would be burning at the stake right now. Raising his fist he punched Edward with vampire force.
"Who the hell are you? Get away from my wife you crazy shmuck," the vampire snarled.
Raising his fist again, he was stopped by Emmett and another strange vampire that were trying to pry him off of Edward. When the two had finally been separated Edward saw the girl surrounded by her coven. Emmett was still restraining the vampire that had pushed Edward to the ground.
"Bella, what is going on? Who is he?" Edward asked, "Who are all these people?"
The girl's eyes widened in shock as she glanced around at Edward and his siblings, "Oh my.... You're the Cullens."
